The first officer to arrive on scene, a Hamilton County Sheriff's deputy out of Columbia Township, found a man shot in the leg. The bullet hit the man's femoral artery, but Swingley said the ...

The man who shot a sheriff's deputy following a lengthy high-speed chase in Maryland will spend decades in prison after being ...

Brandon Peacock was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Four years later he is thanking the team that not only saved his ...

The aorta, sometimes referred to as “the pulse of life,” is the main and largest artery in the body ... surgeons make small punctures in the femoral arteries in the groin and one beneath ...

Cold saline is injected into a central venous line, and the drop in the temperature of the blood after it has passed through the pulmonary circulation is measured in a thermistor built into an ...

The attack at the Boston Marathon nearly killed her. Two years later and five thousand miles away, a violent encounter with a shark took his leg. Had either event not occurred, they wouldn’t be ...

To reach an accurate diagnosis, a doctor may begin by assessing a person’s pulse in a crucial peripheral artery, such as the femoral artery in the thigh. They will also use a range of tests to ...

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A filter was placed in the brain arteries to prevent stroke. A large sheath was placed in the femoral artery, through which, the aortic valve was replaced. Another sheath was placed in the femoral ...

These include arteries further away from the heart, like the brachial and femoral arteries. Use this interactive 3-D diagram to explore an artery. Use this interactive 3-D diagram to explore a vein.